Floyd Cline
Home Town: Pineville, WV
General Orders No. 9, W.D., 1923
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Floyd Cline, Private, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at La Tuilerie Farm, near La Charmel, France, during the Aisne-Marne offensive, July 23, 1918. When no stretcher bearers were available Private Cline voluntarily crossed an open space of 200 yards swept by heavy enemy machine-gun fire directly in front of his company’s lines and brought back to safety a severely wounded comrade who was calling for help.
